Sunday, February 7, 2010

Is the false Pelosi/airplane story another example of how the GOP has nothing to offer but lies and smears?

The GOP keeps lying and saying Pelosi asked for a plane. In fact, she offered to fly commercial, and it was the House sergeant-at-arms who made the request for a larger plane for security purposes.





Amid the hubbub, House Sergeant-at-Arms Bill Livingood, who is charged with the speaker's security, issued a statement saying it actually was he, not Pelosi, who had requested that the military provide the larger plane so Pelosi could fly nonstop to San Francisco.





';The fact that Speaker Pelosi lives in California compelled me to request an aircraft that is capable of making nonstop flights for security purposes, unless such an aircraft is unavailable,'; Livingood said in a statement. ';I regret that an issue that is exclusively considered and decided in a security context has evolved into a political issue.';


Pelosi said Thursday that she'd be happy to fly commercial.





';We never asked for a larger plane. This is a myth that (the Republicans) are talking about on the floor,'; she said.Is the false Pelosi/airplane story another example of how the GOP has nothing to offer but lies and smears?
I could not agree with you more. I see the lemmings of the right have spewed their ignorance yet again in their answers to you. I guess Tony Snow is a liar as well then since he was the one who stated on Thursday that this was a non-issue and the Speaker Pelosi office did not make the request. It was the Sargeant at Arms Mr. Livingood who made it.


I guess the twits also don' t know geography as well. There is a greater distance between DC and CA vs. DC and IL. The plane the former Speaker Hastert did can only travel one way in optimal wind conditions. This is a woman who is mindful of the ranklings of the neo con right and their rest of the GOP morons and she stated she did not have a problem traveling commercial since she has done that since she was in office. When you look at the ignorant rantings of some of your respondents to this question, it really solidifies peoples' belief that Americans are d**n stupid. They probably got their information from the news rag, the Washington Times the same paper that dreamt up the lie on Barack Obama and they had to back pedal in the face of the truthIs the false Pelosi/airplane story another example of how the GOP has nothing to offer but lies and smears?
Another Democrat lie. Just YESTERDAY she said she ordered the plane! The Dem's are just trying to draw the attention away from her. I'm not paying for that hag to hall her political contributors across country with my tax dollars. And next time, try to find an unbiased news source. Use your own brain!
Wake up people. It was the White House that said they didn't see a problem with it. However, we the public should. The plane assigned to her was perfectly okay. It was okay for every other Speaker of the House. She wanted to fly NON-STOP. Whats the difference if the plane made one stop to re-fuel along the way.


Heaven forbid she might have to be inconvenienced for fifteen minutes. She should be more cost-conscious but no.....Im sorry but this reeks of a power play. I'm the first female speaker and this is what I want.
I never understood the controversy, and accepted it when the White House said there was no issue. I dislike fake charges, especially when they are from Republicans. They are acting like Democrats (whose myths and fake charges never get exposed as fake attacks in the media) when they do this.





Pelosi and the Democrats have plenty of issues and policies that can and should be attacked for the horrible anti-American unConstitutional crap they truly are. It is this type of cheap crap from the Dem playbooks that has caused the GOP loss in November, and it looks as if they haven't learned a good goddamned thing.
Trying to divert attention away from the war...Nice try, but Americans aren't buying it anymore.
Bingo!!
The life of the present colonialist!


If we were to violate any law in the great U.S.A., chances are, we would not have to opportunity to justify our actions.


All facets of the government are corrupt...everyone (taxpayers, legitimate citizens) gripes of the wrongdoing-but, do nothing.


One person cannot change the world!
I just saw that a few minutes ago. I agree with him: this shouldn't have became a political issue. I'm glad he cleared it up.





As far as a GOP lie, I won't go that far. I think that a bunch of Congressmen and Republican strategists jumped the gun and blew it out of proportion. Just goes to show how foolish you can look when you ';jump the gun'; in not-so-accurate intel. Yesterday, the White House sided with the idea of a bigger plane. I'm glad the the House Sergeant-at-arms decided to clear this up quickly.
Poor, bed-wetting GOP.
Pelosi did in fact mandate a larger plane for the purposes of staffing levels. Her staff is larger than Hasserts, therefore she needs a bigger plane.





She had no problem flying commercial, but the security risk of landing is BS as well. She would re-fuel at a military base, and therefore be secure.





It is not lies an smears to report the simple fact that she did in fact request a larger plane. Like American Samoa, Pelosi proves that she is either ignorant of the implications of her actions, or that she is trying to elevate the power of her position beyond its normal scope.





If you are in such a fervor for smearing the right in this, why do you not champion Bush and the White House for coming to the aide of Pelosi politically on this? Does your bias cause you to lie by omission?





The seargant-at-arms office, which works for the House and reports to the Speaker, and the Pentagon, will make available to her the necessary planes when they are available.
How about Murtha's comments:


Murtha





Representative John Murtha, a Pennsylvania Democrat and chairman of the House Appropriations subcommittee that funds the Defense Department's budget, said he contacted officials at the Pentagon and told them to provide a large plane.





``I said she should have the same consideration Hastert did,'' Murtha said, adding that it isn't wise for the Pentagon to reject her use of a non-stop plane.





``They're making a mistake when they leak it, because she decides on the allocation for the Defense Department,'' he said. He added he didn't think Pelosi would let a rejection drive her decisions on Pentagon funding.





http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=2…


If you don't see the threat in his comments you are blind.





She was offer a plane but refused because he had to stop for fuel.





Why the same woman complaining about global warming even consider a private jet in the first place.





Another point you missed.
Yes
pelosi is trash why did she not reply this way at the first chance she got? why are the tax payer footing the bill for her travel? If she is going to run her blow hole about how she is going to save the tax payers money. then why does she not make it a point to publicly do so? It will cost the tax payers more than the average american income everytime she goes home!
Although I agree with you....I know that it was for ';security reasons';....however, as far as the story twisting.....if it would have been the other way around...the Dems would have done the same thing....both parties would have...they are both out to gain more power and that means taking advantage of every oppurnity to diss the the other party....its not just the Reps that do this, the Dems are just as guility.
The fact that it was all between the Pentagon and Defense Personnel and had nothing to do with Pelosi shows the REAL desperation of the pseudo-Xtian nutjob Repubes.
She is the one who threw the hissy fit and stormed off to fly commercial. The plane would only have to stop to refuel occassinally on the west bound leg if they were against strong headwinds. The trip is safely within the range of the Gulfstream but she wants her entourage with her.





The issue remains she wants a plane that flies more than 10. But I'm willing to wait and see what happens when she gets the larger plane. If more than 9 other peole are on board we'll know.





Added:


“It’s not a question of size, it’s a question of distance,” Pelosi said Wednesday. “We want an aircraft that can reach California.”





She's got one, whats the noise about then.

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